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.""Sev, what happened with Healer Cromwell today?" Eileen asked."He wants me to come back next week and he said at least twice a month while I'm in school.He's going to let me come early so I won't have to miss classes.I told him Lily and I am getting married tomorrow night.He said if we had any problems we're welcome to come and see him.""Why does he want you to see him so much, Sev?" Eileen asked concernedly."Because he saw some of the other memories I have and he thinks it's best I deal with them and I agree." Severus frowned."I can't say I'm looking forward to it though."Eileen knew he was referring to the memories of the beatings Tobias had given him.She'd always felt guilty for not being able to stop Tobias from hurting Sev, for not throwing him out long before she did, and for not being able to protect her only child.Sev should hate her for that, but he never had.She reached over and gently brushed his hair out of his face."I'm sorry, Sev.""Mum, there's nothing you could have done differently," Sev said shaking his head."He could have killed you, or both of us, but you were able to keep him from doing that."Robert remained quiet.He understood that Eileen and Severus were speaking about their lives at the hands of Eileen's ex-husband.Robert had seen some of the memories of the beatings Sev had received from his father and thought it a wise decision to accept Healer Cromwell's help in dealing with them."Lily's going to bring her trunk over tonight so I was going to walk over and help her with it." Severus said."Since you made dinner, Sev, I'll clean up," Eileen said."Thank you again for making it.It was delicious.'"And I'll give her a hand," Robert levitating the plates and silverware and steering them into the kitchen behind Eileen.Severus walked over to Lily's house and knocked on the door.Rose opened the door and invited him in."Lily was going to bring her trunk over tonight and I'm going to help her," Severus explained.Mr.Evans heard Severus' voice and came out of his study."Hi, Sev," He called."Hi, Mr.Evans.Are you still working on correcting those tests?""Yes, but the good thing is I'm almost done with them." He smiled at Severus."I'm going to go upstairs and help Lily bring down her trunk.Knowing her she's probably got it stuffed so full I'll probably need to sit on it to get it closed."Hal smiled."I can almost assure you that will be the case, Sev.It's what I've had to do since fourth year."Severus hurried up the stairs and knocked on Lily's bedroom door.She opened it."Sev! Good.I was going to ask dad, but as long as you are here." She led him over to her trunk which was, as he suspected, overflowing."I can't get the darn thing closed and locked.""Are you sure you've got everything? You don't want to add the kitchen sink maybe?" Severus teased.Lily stuck her tongue out at him and replied."If you could just please sit on it while I lock it.""Okay," Severus sat down on the lid and Lily bent down and locked it."There!" She grabbed her coat off her bed and opened her door so they could carry her trunk out.Severus picked up one end of it and Lily the other.Severus groaned and asked, "Are you sure you didn't accidently pack the kitchen sink, too?""Funny, Sev! Originally I wasn't planning on it being so heavy," Lily said."But I had to pack my spring and summer clothes and shoes, too."Severus and Lily finally got the trunk to the bottom of the stairs.Severus opened the front door and they hauled it out on the porch."Ready?" He asked Lily.She nodded and picked up her end while Severus hauled up the other end.By the time they got to his house he swore his arm would never be the same."Just leave it here, Lily," Severus directed when they set it down by the stairs."I'll use a spell to get it the rest of the way upstairs." He led her outside again, walked her back to her house, and gave her a kiss."See you tomorrow night.""I'm looking forward to it!" Lily whispered.She waved to him and went inside.Page Break ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Page BreakJames was lying across the sofa in the guest room while Sirius occupied the bed."So Lily's dad refused your dad's offer?""Yeah, I couldn't believe he'd turn down a thousand Galleons.Dad said he got really insulted when he said he could easily buy Snivellus off for a hundred Galleons.""Well, I guess you'll just have win Evans the old-fashioned way, Prongs.""Maybe I should visit her at home, Padfoot.If I could just talk to her without Snivy being around all the time I know I could convince her of the advantages she'd have being my girlfriend.""Only one problem, Prongs, you don't know where she lives." Sirius pointed out."Her dad's a professor at a Muggle school in Manchester.""So? That doesn't mean she lives in Manchester.He could travel, by whatever ways Muggles do travel, to this school from another city or town.Besides wherever it is she lives, Snape lives there, too.I think they only live a couple of blocks from each other.He's definitely got the home advantage when it comes to Evans
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